Shoe and outsole therefor



Dec. 26, 1944, w, MACKENSEN n 2,366,039

SHOE AND OUTlSOLE THEREFOR Filed Jan. 27, 1945 'ATToRNEfr Patented Dec. 26, 1944 `omi so sauras oa ascenso .Sillon` onnoorsonnrnimorolt. William 'Mackensen-i New York, NVY., assgfnor to-- Industrial 'Exploitation Corporation, Long;v IslandlGity, Y., a corporation of New Yox'lg` n Application-January. 27, 1943 SerialNo-.s473so6f1 7 Claims.

"thenpner snriooeof the. outsole and to` the snr-- feces. of the-,upper and. of the insole to Wnicntne upper surface of the outsole is secured.. Usually the adhesivewhich hasl been. appliedto. said surfaces is indry.y condition prior to .theassembly of tbe outsole-with the upper and` insolasothat it. is .necessary to. l soften the. adhesive, usually .by meansl of a solvent applied to the adhesive, `just -bsiore the. outsole.v is` assembled. with the. upper and.insole.` Y n Onelobject of thepresent invention. toelirni- Ynate the application oi adhesive to the. `upper and insole .as `heretofore required in the manufacture of cemented shoes, thus effecting a sub- -stantial reduction in the-.quantity of (adhesive,

as .well es, effecting a snbstantialrednction inthe quantity. or solvent, required for securing the outsole in theV shoe.. andl also saving; time, labor.

and. powen. and simplifying the. manuiooturing operations, and. improving theooinfort ofthe shoe on thevveaner. l f l Another object. of .the invention isti-14e provision of a cemented snoei in which the bond between the outsole and the upper and insole is greatly improved.

A further object is to provide a prepared outsole which can be easily secured to the upper and insole in accordance with the principles of this invention.

The above and other objects of the invention will be fully understood from the following. description, reference being had to the accompanying illustrative drawing. l l

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 isa perspective view of a shoe embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a top perspective view of the outsole;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the outsole on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3,

Referring now to the .drawing in detail, the invention is illustrated as applied to a cemented shoe made in accordance with the general principles of the Sbicca method of making cemented shoes, as described in. United States Patent No. 1,838,708, but it will be understood that my invention applies to all other types of cemented shoes. 'f

Thesboc. lll. -enibodvir1e the present invention. being ..herointshown asl a, cemented shoe. of the Sbicca. tyiiaoinoiises .on outsole A.l2 having a raised oroieotion. 1.3. intbeionwanl oorticnthereoitwnich lits. withintbe. opening. lllin the. foiward part of the insole I6, the upper marginal surface o the outsolel around soiflnroieotion beins: ooliesirelu sscoredtotbelostine allowance., of

the upper lo' and. to tliebottoin surface. of the .nsolefrano .cortili which surrounds opening I4, .and-the. rest. of theonoer .surface of tbe outsole beine .odbesirelrsecllredtothejlostine allowance 'or the. snoer and .to tbe. bottom .surface of the insole from .the rear edge of opening Il to. the

` bacs. oi. Vtbe shoe..` lit. Wlllfbennderstood. that the .snrla'ce oitbe lasting. allowance of the nonerfis aoheslvelv seooredtosald insole- In eccordance with! the, 'present invention.` itis nnnecessary to apply cement or other adhesive to the, lower .surface 0f. 'che lasting allowance 0f the .opper or .tothe-louer surface, of. theI insole rearuordly. of tberear. edseoi insole opening lll.,

.Referrioanow .more particularly tothe outsole l.2..,`t1.1e. .latter is. prepared one manner which will now. be des. ined foracoomnlisliing the ob.-

' .'llbeonoer snrloce of the scent one oppor Surface of nenenedono @coating 22 of troieeuoii 1ro.) is.

cernena usually anvroxrlin. .'aoliesive.. is spelled to said roughened'surface, a narrow trimming edge 24 being left without adhesive. Then while the adhesive is still moist or soft and tacky, a layer 26v of felt or other suitable libres in dry condition is applied to said cement coatedsurface. Preferably in applying the iibres to the outsole, said fibres are blown onto the adhesive coated surface, but it will be understood that said layer of fibres may be applied in any other suitable way. Then a thin coating 28 of cement, usually a pyroxylin adhesive, is applied to the layer of bres, whereby the felt fibres are coated with adhesive and secured in the layer. Thereafter, usually after the cement has dried, the layer of bres is provided with a plurality of indentations or shallow pits 30 disposed .preferably substantially throughout the upper surface of said felt layer. The provision of these inden- Ordinarily, the cement appied to vthe brousV layer 26 is hard or dry at the time the outsole hours of drying, the soles are ready for. levelling.

Then the soles and the shoes maybe -finished in the usual way. The heel-breast covering flap of the outsole is indicated at 32.

The period of pressure application is usually about fifteen minutes and after abouttwo,l

' While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of 'my invention, it will be understood that the latter may be embodiedotherwise claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a cemented shoehaving an upper, an insole, and an outsole, said outsole comprising a leather sole blank having a layer of libres adhesively secured to the upper surface thereof, and a coating of adhesive on the' upper surface of "said layer of fibres, said layer of adhesive `coatedfibres having a plurality of indentations yin the upper surface thereof, said outsoleblank being securedV to said insole and to the lasting allowance of said upper by said layer of fibres and said adhesive; l

2.-,"A'prepared outsole for a cemented shoe, said outsole comprising a leather sole blank having a layer of bres adhesively secured to the upper surface thereof, and a coating of adhesive on the upper surface of said layer of fibres, said layer of` adhesive coated fibres having a plurality o'f indentations inl the upper surface thereof.

3. The method of preparing a leather outsole fora cemented shoe, which comprisesroughening'the upper surface of a leather outsole blank,

ing allowance of said upper being secured to said insole, means Isecuring said outsole to said insole and to the outer surface of the lasting allowance of said upper, said means comprising a layer of fibres on thevupper surface of said outsole adhesively secured to said surface of the outsole and to the louter surfaces of the said insole and lasting allowance of the upper.

5.' In a cemented shoe having an upper, an insole, and a leather outsole, means securing said outsole to said insole and to the outer surface of the lasting allowance of said upper, said means comprising a layer of felt fibres on the upper surface of said leather outsole adhesively secured to said surface of the outsole and to the outer surfaces of the said insole and lasting allowance of the upper, said layer of adhesive coated fibres having a plurality of indentations in the upper surface thereof.

6. In a cemented shoe having an upper, an insole, and a leather outsole, a fibrous layer interposed between the upper surface of said leather outsole and the adjacent surface of the lasting allowance of the upper vand between the upper outsole comprising a leather sole blank having a central raised forward portion and an upper suruface below the upper surface of said raised portion, and va fibrous layer adhesively secured to said first mentioned upper surface and having a coating of cement thereon for 'adhesively securing the outsole to the upperof the shoe.

' WILLIAM MACKENSEN. 

